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Boundaries. 



at Fredericton ) , Vol 10, page 39, where under date Feb. 18, 1803, this 

 island tliough without a name, is plainly designated and ordered granted 

 tlie Owens. The grant itself (among the documents of the Crown Land 

 Oîhce), is dated June 12, 1806 and distinctly grants Mark Island, and 

 by name, to the Owens. Tliis grant antedates the earliest record of 

 possession cited by the American Commissioner. There is also much 

 material relative to the OA\Tiership of the island in the David Owen Ms. 

 Letter books preserved in Boston by the Campobello Company. 



369. Apparently the word " on Tidnish River " should read " and 

 Tidnish River," for in 1863 a supplementary act was passed by the New 

 Brunswick Legislature explaining the Act of 1859, and interpreting the 

 words as " and Tidnish River." 



421. An eai^lier printed map, attempting to show the County lines, 

 is a \\ yld map of 1825 in the Library of the Department of State at 

 "Washington. But it has them very erroneously both as to position and 

 direction. 



423* I have found among documents in the office of the Provincial 

 Secretary at Fredericton the dates (in 1785) of erection of the remaining 

 counties (except Queens) as follows: — Westmorland, May 19; 

 Northumberland, June 10 ; Kings, July 4 ; York, July 25. 



426. The Kent-Northimiberland line does not extend to Escum- 

 inac, but, by act of 1888, ends where it reaches the sea shore south of 

 the cape. The change was made of course in order that the small strip 

 at the cape south of the former line might not be isolated. 



440. Add to the Parishes of Gloucester, Bathurst. Erected 1826. 



